US actress Shailene Woodley has been arrested while she was filming and broadcasting the protest in North Dakota on Facebook Live.
The protest which involved more than 200 people was against a huge oil pipeline construction project.
US actress Shailene Woodley has been taken into custody with 27 other people during a protest.
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The 24-year-old The Fault in Our Stars actress was charged with criminal trespass and engaging in a riot, said Rob Keller, spokesman for the Morton County Sheriff's Office.
She broadcast the moment of her arrest to more than one million followers on social media.
Native Americans have halted its construction in North Dakota, saying it will desecrate sacred land and damage the environment.
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In the Facebook Live footage, Ms Woodley, 24, said she had been walking peacefully back to her vehicle when "they grabbed me by my jacket and said that I wasn't allowed to continue... and they have giant guns and batons and zip ties and they are not letting me go".
As she was led away with her hands cuffed, she said she had been singled out from hundreds of other protesters "because I'm well known, because I have 40,000 people watching".
The video spread quickly on social media and by early evening had been viewed more than 2.4 million times.
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The protest which involved more than 200 people was against a huge oil pipeline construction project.
US actress Shailene Woodley has been taken into custody with 27 other people during a protest.
The 24-year-old The Fault in Our Stars actress was charged with criminal trespass and engaging in a riot, said Rob Keller, spokesman for the Morton County Sheriff's Office.
She broadcast the moment of her arrest to more than one million followers on social media.
Native Americans have halted its construction in North Dakota, saying it will desecrate sacred land and damage the environment.
In the Facebook Live footage, Ms Woodley, 24, said she had been walking peacefully back to her vehicle when "they grabbed me by my jacket and said that I wasn't allowed to continue... and they have giant guns and batons and zip ties and they are not letting me go".
As she was led away with her hands cuffed, she said she had been singled out from hundreds of other protesters "because I'm well known, because I have 40,000 people watching".
The video spread quickly on social media and by early evening had been viewed more than 2.4 million times.
Watch Shailene Woodley Arrest below:
Photo credit: BBC